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4 the tribune thursday september 23 istt a jt a 11 2 7t john montgomery ai charles h nolan hsaf i publisher v flsbarrebeacockf y5v advertlsli manager editorial oeit tad wucox aaaaarrt ltaor lr v v display advertising oept lois wmwm art dtaoo i business office j0 m oof- a d ccfceu aqjqvw iw hotb pambaad rry ttondjy at m mala st- stoottvioc out tl m03ni tanato paoae ttlmm stogie eople 7k mbkripboas mm pr yr la cauda skum torlur member el audit bureau el circulation caaadiaa ceeiemelty wetpapef anedellea aad ontario wattjy htwipapare amocuhoa second clan mall regolratiea aember oh- v tr ksi4xfz2- yfol the tribvae haatof melataad pabtisaiaa co liatttd creep e seberbaa aeanpaperatwhlcb btctodts the aaxwnvijpickeriaa news advertiser brampton oeardtoa beruaetoa post enbicoke oaiette markbam ecoaemisiaadsuanewmarkevaureraeraoakvulebeaverosbawatbisweekaadatississa9aneais j a w t leditofiak artificial skating pad might relieve shortage at the annual meeting of the whitchurch- stouffville hockey association the lack of practice time for the teams was one of the major items under discussion no matter i which way the available ice time was manipulated some of the teams were going to be shorted the only solution anyone there could come up with was to press for the building of a new arena especially as the town is still growing and girls hockey is getting bigger every year when a man at the back proposed building some outdoor rinks his suggestion was im- t mediately labelled impossible and swept aside now we realize as well as anyone that it dvould not be good politics to establish outdoor rinks since once they were installed the need for a new arena would not be so pressing but on the other hand sticking to an all or nothing approach might leave a lot of children with nothing r maybe some serious consideration should be given to an artificial ice pad with a view to enclosing it later another less expensive way to provide extra ice time would be to build some natural ice rinks while thesearent very practical at the beginning of the season they could add valuable practice ice later in the season and perhaps provide the opportunity for a little shinny as well profits dont reflect shares in his desperate efforts to strike a blow against the antiinflation board for an alleged failure to curb profits ed broadbent of the ndp has lashed out at a number of the countrys prominent companies two of the number which might be mentioned are im perial oil and the toronto star however mr broadbents broadside does not wash too well if one looks at present stock market share prices the question has to be if the above named companies are making so much money why is the price of their shares so low imperial oil struck a new low of 20 a share last week down from 30 while the toronto star has crept back to 16 after languishing at the 14 level down from 25 while it is wellknown that to the ndp profit comes close to being a dirty word and this fact must make us give a little allowance for mr broadbents outburst the fact remains that the canadian public is not rushing to snap up the shares of a number of those companies which we are told are rolling in profits this sketch of an katonia wood stove was submitted for the centennial sketch book by joanne smith of r r no 2 stouffville ms smith reasoned that although the drawing is not of a historic building of the area it is rendition of a common appliance of the period the discrepancy in the name cited here and the one appearing on the sketch is due to the fact that ms smith still prefers to sign her art work with her maiden name one last reminder about sketch submissions all submissions have to be in by next thursday sept 30 with the sketches so far submitted we will be able to produce a high quality but somewhat thin sketch book thirty years ago this week excerpts from the tribune from sepl 26 1946 vinegar works 1 there is probably no busier spot these days than nighswanders cider mill at altona just east of town this years apple crop is good especially compared with that of last year which was almost a complete failure and peter nighswanders mill began operations a couple of weeks earlier than usual- j ylf t although the mill has been frequently called the vinegar works only apple butter and cider are produced they actually dont press apples for cider but rather to use it in the cooking process however many people want the cider as well as the butter cider will not keep but gets nippy after about 14 days some people keep it longer provision for weak hearted experienced nurses will be in attendance at the stanley theatre at all performances during the engagement of mom and dad which is scheduled to run on sept 27 28th the management has announced units of the new hygiene show mom and dad a hollywood production with an allstar cast carry their own nurses on tour with the picture the young ladies are present to aid any of the weakhearted who find the powerful medical sequences in the picture overcoming oftentimes patrons do faint the theatre management has been warned the nurses also assist in handling the crowds and answering questions many patrons like to ask mom and dad is presented to segregated audiences only elliot forbes noted radio hygiene commentator is to appear in person here during the engagement and will speak briefly from the stage at each showing in the nick of time lindsay barbers obtained permission to increase prices just on the eve of fair day in that town and while it was a close shave notice or permission to advance came in time to nick visitors and farmers when they came in to get trimmed up for the big event of the fall season in the northern town it will now cost 40 cents to get your head gear trimmed if you are an adult and if a child then 25 cents will settle the account shaving is advanced to 25 cents whiskers any length plea of the tonsorial artists in lindsay for increased prices was the advance in living costs plus the fact that smaller places were obtaining the 25 cent charge where rentals and living costs were not so high letter to the editor pi o iarmlandfleit in ork by 1980s if trend continues t sugar and spice separate holidays good for marriage r 1 by bill smiley deaf sir i- the rapid disappearance of valuable agricultural land in yorkregionand in on- tario is crucial to all residents of the province statistics show that every hour of every day for ten years 19611971 26 acres of farmland went out of production and the farm population declined by 40 percent f during the same period in york region c 48000 acres went out of agricultural production and if the trend continues there t will be virtually no agriculturalland left by j the end of the 1980s this will happen in what was once one of the best farming areas in canada v j-j- the conservative governments policy is j to let regional and municipal governments cdecide on their own land use policies the ifresult of this is typified by the niagara 1 regions decision to zone 7600 acres of prime grape and fruit land as commercial another example is the proposal to build a leisure park near maple s the ontario liberal party has t no discernable land use policy and propose a nothing to halt the trend which will eventually t leave us dependent on outside sources for almost all our food supplies the ontario ndp would preserve for agricultural purposes all lands of suitable agricultural potential such as the niagara fruit belt it would initiate a soil inventory of all lands in ontario ensure that land zoned for agriculture is used for t purpose and because of location- zone certain other lands for agricultural use a new democratic party government would protect our agricultural land by landbanking providing for en vironmental protection and ensuring sound community growth and population stability in rural areas people affected by changes in land use would be fairly compensated within a com prehensive system the ndp would ensure the security of farm income as sufficient to return the cost of production provide for capital needs and allow a fair return for investment and labour the disastrous depletion of our important agricultural resource must be stopped it can onlyi be stopped by a government firmly committed to sound land use policies the ndp has publicly made that commitment and is determined to stop the wastage of the valuable resources of this province ie scott ndp candidate york north res 8951196 bus 8952384 i hate you bill smiley i hate you this line was not from a disgruntled student an irate parent or an ungentle reader it was my wife talking the occasion was our parting for our annual separate holiday and she was a bit irate ungentle and disgruntled i she had been up at seven ironing my shirts and packing my bag i was up at the stroke of 10 wellrested and ready for break fast quite a bit of planning had gone into our holiday i was to fly to halifax for a weekly editors convention she was to climb into the rusty old dodge and head west to see her dad for a few days my daughter and husband were to come and stay at our place for a couple of days with the grandsons it all seemed perfectly logical and simple to me but nothing is ever simple to my wife except on those fairly frequent occasions when i airi completely baffled by something that must be fixed around the house and she finally does it with an exasperated kick or a triumphant crow we keep a lot of triumphant crows in the basement for such instances at any rate on this occasion it finally hit her an hour before we split that there was somethirig rotten in denmark she had been shopping and housecleaning forlwo days to leave everything spotless and wellstocked for the kids she had been planning the meals and pqrtn ers h ip to pres erve farm ian d the scrubbing and cleaning she was going to do at her fathers and she had been working like somebody in upstairs downstairs to get me off on my jaunt clean andrespectabler she got a bit grim around the lips on that last morning but didnt crack up until i came down fresh from my bath and shave and inquired urbanely is my bag packed the limousine will be here any moment to take me to the airport thats when she emitted the opening line of this column i knew what it was im mediately i patted her back and said there there dear you donthave to start scrubbing at grandads the minute you arrive take a half hour break after the drive and have a nice cup of tea as it turned out everything worked fine after pounding me a few on the chest she had a good cry and we both felt better she got the floor scrubbed at her dads the afternoon i was out on the bluenose ii in halifax harbor and she had cooked a good dinner and had the dishes washed her fathers just about the time i was slurping into my third lobster and listening to a good dixieland band in halifax and it took her only two hours to get the car started for her return trip just about the time i climbed aboard to be coddled by steward esses on my return t i think separate holidays like that are good for any marriage and it seems even better for the woman in the partnership she got home rested refreshed and looking wonderful i got home exhausted and looking like a skeleton with white hair it must have been that sea air that tired me out v another thing splitting like that is about the only way can get to see our old friends she had a grand visit and some good talks and even went for a couple of drives with some of her longtime friends and caught up on all the sensational dirt on everybody and i went for a sail on thebluenose walked around citadel hill and sank the odd refreshment with some other old grumps as we reminisced about the i days when selling a 10 ad was the highlightof your week and getting out a 12page paper was about the equivalent of cleaning the augean stables there was great fun and not a little confusion as don mccuaig of renfrew per hvidsten of port perry and bill smiley of midland planned well into the wee hours the grand postconvention tour to paraguay starting on nov12 from pickering airport in a sopwith camel and there was a very warm and unex pected experience for yours truly no it wasnt sitting next to joe clarke and maureen mcteer and robert stanfield in the coffee shop it wasnt listening to a speech by howie meeker though both these things happened it was the announcement of a new award for canadian community newspapers out standing columnistrlt was a wellkept secret until this humble columnist was called to the podium and presented with a handsome plaque and an even handsomer cheque i was so flustered i didnt know whether i was receiving a standing ovation orjust a warm clap whichever thank you chaps and girls there are some excellent columnists writing for your papers and im glad you said it before you had to say it with flowers by william hodgson aapp education is a con tinuing concern to many people sometimes the concern centres on im- some press critics proving curriculum seem to believe that the standards in other cases future of ontarios food improved they have every right to celebrate i parents are worried about their childrens safety or the physical condition of the school which their children attend s the stouffville parents whose children attended summitview school worked per sistently to get major renovations made ln this school they have realized their goal because the education ministry has approved major expenditures for these improvements t lands crisis lies in a blanket freeze on all good productive farm land throughout this province compare the farm productive capacities of the soviet union and canada or the united states can you think of farmland to do so and yet ignore the con sequences of such talk is disturbing to say the least freezing all farm land means com pensation to all farm owners affected it means a tremendously high cost to society a cost which cannot be pinned to exact dollars and cents cer tainly it would be a tremendous cost to every taxpayer if you are getting an farming against their will the big difference between the ndp and the present government on this issue is a question of approach instead of the ndp blanket freeze the food and agriculture ministry has a heavy responsibility to review local government plans for commercial residential and industrial uses of land and to ensure that agricultural uses are protected this is a fairly new procedure with this ministry working in partnership one year whereby either impression that your the canadian or ontario government does american government not care about preserving imported wheat from the quality farmland from r r communist bloc in fact development pressures with the municipalities to just the reverse is true for future generations it preserve farmland the soviet union over the ms a mistaken impression common sense prevails- years has imported most we care a great deal but fc1 was happy to have of its wheat requirements we are hot going out to a t tc n de dt h e ir from ijnorthamerica freeze the farmers land celebration last friday these uends are just not because ofrmisin- scptember- 17 at the accidental but tcaif be- formation this approach develops confidence in local planning officials and allows them to appreciate the basic intent of crwlilvftirdeterprbing isjjthe eawthyoucan order land to be it u a remarkably rlsitfisija p njfrozenbutyoucantorder differert approach to the vt frwsan uxd farmers mo continue ndps professed respect for local autonomy which they often talk about this government believes that detailed landuse plan ning is best done at the local level aside from effective landuse planning and an up oklate land inventory county by county the 1976 april budget proposed a new taxation arrangement on land only farm houses would be taxed at 50 per cent whereas all farmlands would be paid by the province at 100 per cent taxation if the land were used for nonagricultural purposes the province would recover the taxes it 1 had paid for a period up to ten years t vt what must bc remembered is that this proposal is still a proposal but it shows a more imaginative ap proach than a total land freeze to- protect yfoodlandsr if- demon strates this governmentv- deep concern for balancing the different demands to which land will be subjected in the coming decades to freeze all farm land in ontario is an unthinking and irresponsible proposal for it would straight- jacket- rural ontario instead of freezing a farmers land and then buying foreign produce ontario consumers must buy more ontario produce that is the best way of protecting foodlands provide a climate of incentives and you will be guaranteed quality food at reasonable prices the discipline and efficiency of the market place despite its imperfections is st ill preferable u absolute state control of j agriculture f governments never- have andj never will produce 1food mfsl countdown stouffville centennial 18771977 early reeves of stouffville edward wheeler was stouffvilles second reeve holding the office in 187980 he suc cessfully contested the office against dr s l freel one of the councils original members ratepayers took their local politics very seriously in these early days and mr wheelers election was the occasion for a torchlight parade through town in the ab sence of kerosene bull rushes soaked in tallow were used the reeve operated one of the villages early developments the wheeler mills which stood on the property where the new imperial bank of commerce is being erected long before the incorporation of stouff ville edward wheeler had established himself on the whitchurchmarkham townline and operated a saw mill and grist mill v4 r edward wheeler is buried in the cedar grovecemetery a burying place for the long established reesor family edward wheelers wife was anna maria reesor mr wheeler died in 1897 at the age of 84 and his wife in 1902 at the age of 91 the couple had three sons and four daughters one son george becoming a member of parliament for ontario riding r the wheeler family when in stouffville lived in a residence which stood on the present site of the dr wm murphy home and wheeler barns which were quite extensive occupied the present baptist church comer centennial meter stamps through the assistance of stouffvilles postmaster mr gary fisher special stamps are now available for those business places using postage meters and which will ad vertise our town centennial next year 3t1